Fever Pitch

"A comedy about the game of love."

Apr 8 2005 PG-13 1h 44m
Comedy, Drama, Romance

When Ben Wrightman, a young teacher, begins dating pretty businesswoman Lindsey Meeks, the two don't seem to have a lot of the same interests, but they fall in love, regardless. Their romance goes well until baseball season begins, and Lindsey soon realizes that Ben is completely obsessed with the Boston Red Sox. Though she tries to understand Ben's passionate team loyalty, eventually it threatens to end their otherwise happy relationship.

Plot

When relaxed and charming Ben Wrightman meets workaholic Lindsey Meeks she finds him sweet and charming, they hit it off and when it is winter Ben can spend every waking hour with Lindsey, but when summer comes around the corner Lindsey discovers Ben's obsession with the Boston Red Sox. She thinks it is perfect until everything goes downhill for them.

Written by

Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, Nick Hornby

Directed by

Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly

Cast

Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon, Jason Spevack

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America, Germany

Production Companies

Wildgaze Films, Flower Films, Fox 2000 Pictures, Mars Media Beteiligungs, Alan Greenspan Productions, ELC Productions Ltd.

Languages

English

Awards

9 nominations

Trailers
Fever Pitch Trailer (2005) - Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon
Scores
# of Votes
48,792
Average Rating
6.2 out of 10
Metascore
56
Popularity
NA